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The Swindler and Other Stories

Chapter 75: Ethel M. Dell's Novels
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About This Book

A volume of short stories that charts human frailty through dramas of deception, trust, and redemption. Episodes portray con artists, secret pasts, and strained relationships, shifting between tense encounters, quiet psychological observation, and moments of moral reckoning. Many narratives pivot on misunderstandings and social pretenses that expose character motives, while other pieces emphasize steadfast loyalty and the possibility of change. The varied sketches blend crime, romance, and ethical dilemma into compact tales that conclude by revealing truth, prompting sacrifice, or delivering ironic reversal.

Ethel M. Dell's Novels

THE LAMP IN THE DESERT: The scene of this splendid story is laid in India and tells of the lamp of love that continues to shine through all sorts of tribulations to final happiness.

GREATHEART: The story of a cripple whose deformed body conceals a noble soul.

THE HUNDREDTH CHANCE: A hero who worked to win even when there was only "a hundredth chance."

THE SWINDLER: The story of a "bad man's" soul revealed by a woman's faith.

THE TIDAL WAVE: Tales of love and of women who learned to know the true from the false.

THE SAFETY CURTAIN: A very vivid love story of India. The volume also contains four other long stories of equal interest.

The Way of an Eagle

The Knave of Diamonds

The Rocks of Valpré

The Swindler

The Keeper of the Door

Bars of Iron

Rosa Mundi

The Top of the World

The Obstacle Race